Method of securing buttons to materials



(No Model.)

W. P. SPINNEY.

METHOD OF SECURING BUTTONS T0 MATERIALS.

No. 268,745. PatentedDeo. 5. 1-8812).

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METHOD OF SECURING BUTTONS TO MATERIALS.

SPECIFICATION .forming To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,\VILLIAM RSPINNEY, of Reading, in the county of Middlesex' and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in the Method ofSecuriu g Buttons and other Articles to Materials, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide improved means forattaching buttons and other like articles to the flexible material onwhich they are to be used by means of a pellet or body of compressiblemetal or other suitable material inserted with a portion of the materialinto or through an orifice in the button and upset while so inserted.

The invention consists in the improved method hereinafter described, andin a-button orotherarticle secured by my im proved method, all of whichI wili now proceed to describe and, claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figures 1 and 2 rep resent sectional views showing my improved method ofattaching buttons. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view showinga diiferentform of button. Fig. 4 represents a sectional view showing aglove-fastening. Figs. 5and 6 represent views showing a button and amodification'oi' the compressible pellet or body. Fig. I Z represents abutton adapted to be fastened by my method.

In carrying out my invention I take a button, A, or other article havingan orifice, A, and draw a part of the material B to which the button isto be attached through said orilice in the form of a pocket, P, as shownin Fig. 1. In this pocket I place a pellet or body,

by the use of suitable tools I. compress and upset the pellet above thebutton, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it cannot pass through the orilicein the button, but remains with the pocket material, andiormsaconnectionbetween the button and material which can only be severed by thebreaking away of the latter. The upset end of the pellet or body Gis ofcourse covered by the material which appears as a rounded projection onthe exposed side of the button and gives a very neat effect. The oriliceA in the button may extend entirely through the button, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, or may be a cavity formed in oueside oi the button, asshown in Fig. 3.

part of Letters Patent No. 268,745, dated December 5, 1882. applicationfiled August 25, 1882. (No models) It is obvious that various otherarticles can be attached to flexible material in this way, suchasglove-fastenings or lacing-hooks L, as shown in Fig. 4, and otherdevices;

I do not limit myself to the -.use ofi soft metal as a material for thepellet or body 0. If desired, said pellet or body may be composed of acompound or material which hardens from a plastic condition, such aspapierinach and other like materials; or the body 0, instead of being apellet, may be an eyelet having a solid end or point which is insertedin the pocket of material, as'shown in Fig. 5, and upset at its solidend, as SlJOWlll in Fig. 6, by the same operation that upsets thetubular open end. r

The improved method is adapted to various kinds of cloth, thin leather,and other material.

I am aware that ithas been proposed to attach a hollow-shanked button ofespecial construction to material by inserting a pocket into the shankof the button, and then compressing the end of shank to confine thereinthe ball and the pocket of material. Said the particular kind of buttonmentioned, while mine is adapted to secure any plate or device that hastwo unobstructed sides and a perforation.

I claim- 1. Theimprovementin the art of attaching buttons to garments,&c.,consistingin inserting a portion of the fabric into the tu bularoropen part of the button, then placitnga suitable compressible substancetherein and flattening or expanding the same to force the in- WILLIAM F.sPiN'nEY.

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method,however,is adapted only for use with

